Hot and dry, warm and wet: Summer 2018 extremes in the U.S. Climate...
Many networks across the U.S. collect air temperature and precipitation observations we use to characterize these events. But only NCEI's U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) was designed with lab-…
View ArticleSomething about lions, lambs, flowers and showers
First massive flooding and then a blizzard, the Plains and Upper Midwest experienced huge weather events in March and April 2019. In this installment of the Beyond the Data blog, NCEI's Deke Arndt…
View ArticleDuct tape and seesaws: Climate trends 101
With the annual updating of NCEI’s climate trends maps, let’s go Beyond the Data to a land of seesaws and duct tape.
View Article2010-2019: A landmark decade of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate...
In 2019, the U.S. experienced 14 separate disasters costing at least a billion dollars each. Since 1980, 258 billion-dollar disasters have brought damages in excess of $1.75 trillion.
View Article2020 U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context
2020 smashed the previous record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. NCEI's Adam Smith gives us a full accounting of the year's events.
View Article2021 U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context
Second-highest in number and third-highest in costs, 2021 was another extreme year for weather and climate disasters in the United States.
View ArticleCan we detect a change in Atlantic hurricanes today due to human-caused...
Two NOAA hurricane experts explain why it’s still so hard to say whether global warming to date has affected the number or intensity of Atlantic hurricanes.
View ArticleCan we expect Atlantic hurricanes to change over the coming century due to...
Most models project that further warming will decrease the total number of Atlantic hurricanes, but increase the number of very strong storms.
View Article2022 U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context
The country experienced 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, tying for third place for the most disasters in a calendar year.
View Article2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters
With 28 events, 2023 easily surpassed 2020 as the year with the most billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. The preliminary price tag is at least $92.9 billion.
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